Posts from July 2026

What is the Mogadore Summer Festival?

Every July, the Village of Mogadore hosts its annual summer festival - a multi-day outdoor event centered on great food, community activities, and support for local youth athletics. The organizing theme is simple: "Great Food. Fun Activities. Stronger Community."

The festival is the flagship fundraiser for Mogadore Youth Football & Cheerleading. All proceeds go directly toward providing equipment, safety gear, uniforms, and memorable experiences for the young athletes who carry the Mogadore Wildcats name each season.

Think of it less like a big-ticket event and more like the neighborhood coming alive. Former players returning to buy old jerseys. Kids dunking their coaches. Families piling plates with Wildcat Fries and wandering between booths in the warm July air. It's the kind of event that - once you've been - you put on the calendar every year.

Festival dates and hours

The 2026 Mogadore Summer Festival is listed in the Ohio Festivals Guide as a confirmed July 16–18 event. Here are the hours:

Saturday is the biggest day - it starts earlier, runs longest, and is home to the 5K run, the parade, and the fireworks afterglow from the night before.

The food you'll actually want

Let's be real: a summer festival lives or dies by its food booths, and Mogadore's have earned their reputation.

Famous Wildcat Fries are the signature item - golden, loaded, and the kind of thing you'll think about on the drive home. Famous Soft Pretzels (both the original and dessert versions) draw their own line. Italian Sausages are a festival staple done right. And beyond the headliners, additional food vendors round out the options.

The Mogadore Youth Football & Cheer booths are scattered throughout the grounds, so grabbing something from them directly supports the athletes.

All the things to do

The festival packs a lot into three evenings (and one long Saturday). Here's what you can expect:

Jail Cell - Lock up your friends, family, coaches, or teachers. One of the more chaotic and beloved traditions at the festival. No one is safe.

Bake Sale - Homemade treats from community members. The lineup varies, but the quality is always there.

Vintage Trophy Sale - Decades of Mogadore athletic history in physical form. If you or a family member ever played for the Wildcats, this is worth a browse.

Old Cheer & Football Uniform Sale - Former players and fans pick these up as keepsakes. Authentically Mogadore.

Chuck a Luck Booth - Try your luck and walk away with prizes. A classic carnival staple that fits right in.

On-Demand T-Shirt Heat Press Station (NEW in 2026) - This is the addition worth showing up for. Choose from classic or modern Mogadore Wildcats logos, pick a green or black shirt (or bring your own), and press a custom shirt on the spot. Design it. Press it. Wear it home that night.

Friday night is the highlight reel

If you can only make one evening, make it Friday.

The Dunk Tank is Friday only. Your chance to send a favorite Mogadore face into the water - coaches, teachers, community figures. The line moves fast. Come ready.

Fireworks close out Friday night. The festival grounds don't need much decoration when the sky does the work. Gather early, stay late.

Both events run within the regular Friday hours of 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM, so there's plenty of time to eat, browse the booths, and still be in position for the light show.

Saturday: the parade, the 5K, and a full day

Saturday is the festival's main event, running from 11:00 AM straight through to 11:00 PM.

The parade

At 6:00 PM, the Mogadore Summer Festival Parade steps off from the corner of Bradley Street and North Cleveland Avenue. The route ends at Somers Elementary. It's one of those parades where you recognize half the people in it - Wildcats athletes, coaches, local businesses, community groups. Stake out your spot along North Cleveland early.

The 5K run & 1 mile walk/run

For the early risers: the Mogadore Summer Festival 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk/Run kicks off at 8:00 AM at 3875 Curtis St, right next to Mogadore High School and Mogadore Memorial Stadium.

• 5K registration: $22.20 (includes t-shirt) - register by July 15 via RunSignUp

• 1-Mile Walk/Run: $11.60 - register by July 15

• Day-of registration is allowed but you won't receive a timed result or t-shirt (cash only)

• Timing by Drop The Hammer Running Company; awards for top finishers in each age category

• Contact: Katie Lane at 330-322-2835 (call or text)

The race is billed as a family-based community event open to all abilities - runners, walkers, and stroller runners alike. If you've been looking for a reason to register, this is a good one.

Why this festival matters beyond the fun

Every dollar spent at the Mogadore Summer Festival goes back into the community. The event is the primary fundraiser for Mogadore Youth Football & Cheerleading, covering equipment, uniforms, safety gear, and the experiences that young athletes remember long after the season ends.

The Mogadore Wildcats aren't just a team - they're part of the identity of a small village that takes pride in what it builds together. The festival is one of the clearest expressions of that.

"Every dollar raised helps provide equipment, uniforms, safety gear, and memorable experiences for our Mogadore youth athletes." - Mogadore Youth Football & Cheerleading

What the festival says about living in Mogadore

An annual summer festival is, in some ways, a mirror. It shows you what a community values, who shows up for it, and how it takes care of its own.

Mogadore is a village of around 4,000 people in Summit County, Ohio - the kind of place where your neighbor coaches Little League, your kid's school is a short walk away, and the main street shuts down once a year so the whole town can watch the parade together. It's not for everyone. But for families looking for genuine community in Northeast Ohio, it's the kind of place that earns loyalty fast.

The Ohio Festivals Guide lists the Mogadore Summer Festival for 2026 alongside larger regional events - a small signal that this local tradition has reach beyond the village limits.

Try Great Move Realty

If the festival has you thinking about Mogadore in a new way, Great Move Realty is the local expert worth calling. Based at 154 S. Cleveland Ave, Mogadore - on the same street as the festival parade - the firm was founded by Principal Broker Mike Love, a Summit County specialist with 9 years of experience, 148 closed sales, and a philosophy built around treating every client the way he wished he'd been treated on his own first purchase. Great Move Realty covers Mogadore, Tallmadge, Uniontown, Hartville, Green, and greater Summit County. Reach them at (330) 624-9605 or browse current Mogadore listings on the site.

Summit County's June 2026 real estate market is firmly in seller's territory - homes selling in 7 days, above asking price. Here's everything buyers and sellers need to know.

Every month, Realtors Property Resource (RPR) - the nation's largest property database, exclusively for REALTORS - publishes a comprehensive market trends report for Summit County. The June 2026 numbers tell a clear story.

The headline stats for Single Family homes and Condos/Townhouses/Apartments in Summit County this June:

Source: Realtors Property Resource, June 2026 Market Trends Report - Summit County, Ohio

A few things jump out immediately. That 1% dip in median sold price is less alarming than it looks - the sold-to-list ratio actually increased to 101%, meaning buyers are still paying above asking on average. The month-over-month sold price variation likely reflects a mix shift in what types of homes closed in June versus May, not a cooling trend. The 12-month trajectory tells the real story: property values are up 3.2% year-over-year, a healthy and sustainable appreciation rate.

Inventory: the engine driving everything

At 1.5 months of supply, Summit County sits 73% below what economists consider a balanced market (5–6 months). That's the single most important number in this report - everything else flows from it.

Low inventory does a few things simultaneously:

• It limits buyer choice, which concentrates demand on whatever is available.

• It accelerates the timeline to contract. Seven days on market isn't a fluke - it's the direct result of more buyers chasing fewer homes.

• It gives sellers pricing confidence. Active listings are currently listed at a median of $249,425, up 4% from last month. Sellers know they have leverage.

The 3.45% month-over-month uptick in inventory is worth noting but shouldn't be mistaken for a tide turning. We're moving from extremely tight to very tight - still firmly seller territory. If that pace of inventory growth accelerates to 8–10% per month consistently, it would signal a real shift. For now, it's seasonal noise.

Prices: what's actually happening

The median sold price of $240,000 in June is down from roughly $242,400 in May - but up meaningfully from approximately $232,600 a year ago, per the RPR year-over-year data. That's 3.2% annual appreciation, which is solid without being the frothy 8–10% annual gains that tend to precede corrections.

The median estimated property value of $266,230 is higher than the median sold price. That gap is normal and reflects the mix: estimated values across all properties (including those not currently listed) tend to skew toward higher-value homes, while the sold median reflects what actually traded hands in a given month - often a higher proportion of mid-tier and entry-level properties.

The public records figure - $235,000 median sold price, up 9.3% month-over-month - is worth a quick explanation. Public records capture every transaction, including bulk sales, investor purchases, and off-market deals. That 9.3% monthly jump likely reflects institutional or multi-property transactions closing in June, not a sudden surge in retail prices.

What this means for buyers

If you're buying in Summit County right now, the single most important thing you can do is get fully pre-approved before you start shopping - not pre-qualified, but fully pre-approved with documentation reviewed by an underwriter. In a 7-day median market, there's no time to start that process after you find the home you want.

A few other things we're seeing that matter in this environment:

Clean offers win. With sellers fielding multiple offers, contingencies are a liability. That doesn't mean waiving an inspection outright (we'd never recommend that), but minimizing timelines and keeping your terms as clean as possible goes a long way.

Don't fixate on the list price as a ceiling. With a 101% sold-to-list ratio, budgeting to the list price means you'll consistently lose to buyers who came in slightly above. Know your true ceiling and be prepared to use it.

Act on first showing. The homes going in 7 days aren't getting there because buyers scheduled a second visit. If a home checks your boxes on the first walkthrough, trust your preparation and move.

What this means for sellers

If you're selling in Summit County this summer, the conditions are genuinely favorable - but that doesn't mean any price will stick.

The two-tier market is real. Updated, well-priced homes in desirable neighborhoods are moving fast and above asking. Dated or overpriced homes are sitting. The 7-day median is an average - it doesn't mean every home sells in a week. Pricing precisely (not optimistically) is what puts your home in the first category.

July and August typically bring a seasonal lull as vacation schedules fragment buyer attention. If you're thinking about listing, the window right now - early July - is still strong. Waiting until September may mean competing with a wave of fall listings and a slightly cooler buyer pool.

What's ahead for Summit County real estate

The structural drivers holding Summit County's market together are solid: regional employment anchors in healthcare and higher education, an Akron downtown revitalization that's drawing genuine buyer interest, and the ongoing affordability advantage relative to higher-cost metros like Cleveland proper and Pittsburgh.

The risk to watch is interest rates. June 2026's rate environment has compressed affordability at the lower end of the market, which is limiting first-time buyer volume. That's part of why inventory is slowly ticking up - some would-be sellers who don't need to move are staying put rather than trading into a higher-rate mortgage.

The overall read: Summit County real estate is healthy, data-supported, and still decisively seller-friendly. We don't see the conditions for a significant correction, but we also don't expect the urgency to intensify much further from here. A steady, competitive market is what we have going into the second half of 2026.

Work with Great Move Realty

Great Move Realty has been serving buyers and sellers across Summit County with data-driven, honest real estate guidance. Whether you're trying to price a home to move quickly or figure out how to win in a market where seven days is standard, Principal Broker Mike Love brings the local knowledge and the numbers to help you navigate it.

Ready to talk through what this market means for your specific situation? Reach out to Mike at +1 (330) 624-9605 or visit greatmoverealty.net to get started.